Book · recommended on 2 episodes
On the Shortness of Life
Seneca ISBN 0143036327
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Seneca ISBN 0143036327
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This book by Seneca has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-10-11 and the most recent from 2024-06-18. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“I just revisited the shortness of Life so good this perhaps the best Manifesto for our current struggle with productivity versus presence”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Jerry Seinfeld and Maria Popova: Jerry Seinfeld is an American standup comedian, actor, writer, and co-creator of Seinfeld; Maria Popova is an essayist and cultural critic who created Brain Pickings (now The Marginalian). Tim Ferriss revisits two favorite interviews on the craft of creating: Jerry Seinfeld on writing discipline and Maria Popova on reading deeply.
“Revisited his The Shortness of Life. So good. Which is perhaps the best manifesto for our current struggle with this very notion of productivity versus presence.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Tara Brach, Ryan Holiday, Maria Popova, and Cal Newport: A compilation episode hosted by Tim Ferriss featuring four guests: Tara Brach (meditation teacher and former clinical psychologist, author of Radical Acceptance, creator of the RAIN practice); Ryan Holiday (author of 13 books and creator of the Daily Stoic); Maria Popova (writer behind The Marginalian, formerly Brain Pickings); and Cal Newport (Georgetown CS professor and author of Deep Work and Digital Minimalism). A curated podcast buffet where four friends of Tim Ferriss share favorite clips on presence, Stoic questions, reading, and time management.
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